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The Smashing Pumpkins – Cupid de Locke
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“Cupid de Locke” is a reference to Matthew Locke, an English Baroque composer during the 17th century who wrote the score to a masque entitled Cupid and Death, which is a story
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death's dynamic shroud – θεϊκός σύνδεσμος σήψη (DIVINE LINK ROT) Samples
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See all of “θεϊκός σύνδεσμος σήψη (DIVINE LINK ROT)” by death's dynamic shroud’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Song Lyrics & Knowledge - Genius
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Cupid de Locke by The Smashing Pumpkins · Cupid de Locke. Genius Annotation. Genius Annotation 2 contributors. “Cupid de Locke” is a reference to Matthew Locke ...
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Blargg – Geocities
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Rei! / Stop! / Rei! / Blargg / True Friend
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death's dynamic shroud – θεϊκός σύνδεσμος σήψη (DIVINE LINK ROT)
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[Outro] / Strange overtones in the music you are playing / I'll harmonize / It is strong and you are tough / But a heart is not enough
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Blargg – Geocities Samples
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The Smashing Pumpkins – X.Y.U.
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“X.Y.U.” stands as one of the heaviest Pumpkins tracks, a grueling beast better experienced live. A fan favorite at concerts, as of 2019 it has been played live almost 300 times
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The Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
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“1979” is an homage to youth and all the pain, angst, and happiness that goes along with it. With a fusion of alternative rock, new wave, and electronics, the Pumpkins stumbled
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Liner Notes
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It was the best of times that came before the worst of times. / Considering all of the tension preceding it — and all of the tragedy and turmoil that would follow — Mellon Collie
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Tonite Reprise
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And the embers never fade / In my city by the lake / The place where I was born / As the wind-up toys wind down / Muffling the sound / Of a life hidden underground / Believe
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Bullet with Butterfly Wings
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“Bullet with Butterfly Wings” won a GRAMMY in 1997 along with a slew of other awards. It remains one of Smashing Pumpkins highest charting and most recognizable songs, being used
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Tonight, Tonight
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While Billy Corgan himself has revealed very little regarding the meaning behind the lyrics, the theme of “Tonight, Tonight” is one of hope. To find the courage to lose oneself in
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The Smashing Pumpkins – To Forgive
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[Verse 1] / Ten times removed / I forget about where it all began / Bastard son of a bastard son of / A wild-eyed child of the sun / [Pre-Chorus] / And right as rain, I'm not the
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Thirty-Three
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Although “Thirty Three” was the last single released, it was the first completed song off the Mellon Collie album, recorded and mastered immediately following the Siamese Dream
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Galapogos
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The song’s title comes from the Galápagos Islands, made famous by Charles Darwin. Darwin’s observations on these islands led to the creation of the theory of evolution and his
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Bodies
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Love is suicide.
Courtney Love, lead singer of Hole and rocker boy heartbreaker, having been in relationships with Kurt Cobain, Trent Reznor, and lead singer of The Smashing
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The Smashing Pumpkins – By Starlight
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This is one of the several songs about Corgan’s marriage with Chris Fabian, which ended bitterly shortly after the release of Mellon Collie.
An on-again, off-again couple, they
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Thru the Eyes of Ruby
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“Thru the Eyes of Ruby” is about Corgan’s soon to be (at the time) ex-wife Chris Fabian. Many of the songs off Mellon Collie were about Fabian and how Corgan wanted to break free
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Stumbleine
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A song full of single-sentence stories, “Stumbeline” speaks of swapping roles in a relationship in order to deal with the burdening problems that plague the world.
The characters
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
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The elusive lover, Porcelina, beckons the subject to the edge of belief and beyond. His belief system changes as he gives into Porcelina and gazes past “The realm of soft
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Lily (My One and Only)
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In this humorous story of voyeurism, the narrator tells of his unhealthy obsession with a woman named Lily. As the song progresses, it becomes clear that this is not your typical
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